Part of a series exploring the origins and effects of inventions that shaped the modern world. This episode explores discoveries which led ultimately to the use of fingerprinting to solve criminal cases. Along the way we examine the role of copper in cannon production, Emperor Charles V's debts, the Spanish Armada's battle with England, the history of glassmaking, mirrors, the sextant used for navigation and map making, the theories of Charles Darwin, and the founder of eugenics, Francis Galton, upon which Hitler based his political theories.Meer lezen...

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Part of a series exploring the origins and effects of inventions that shaped the modern world. This episode explores discoveries which led ultimately to the use of fingerprinting to solve criminal cases. Along the way we examine the role of copper in cannon production, Emperor Charles V's debts, the Spanish Armada's battle with England, the history of glassmaking, mirrors, the sextant used for navigation and map making, the theories of Charles Darwin, and the founder of eugenics, Francis Galton, upon which Hitler based his political theories.